Awning.



C. L. FOORD.

AWNlNG.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30. m5.

1,212,61 9. Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

CHARLES L. roonn, OFIDALILSAS, TEXAS.

AWNING.

Application filed March 30, 1915. Serial No. 17,979.

' window casing, the framebeing collapsible and the canvas being adapted to be rolled up upon the main roller support, and in such connection the invention has especial relation to the provision of means whereby the frame forming the hood of the awning may be raised or lowered while the frame is extended so as to regulate the height at which the hood projects from the base of the window casing.

Heretofore in awnings of this type in the rolling up of the awning the first action of the cords was upon the structure or frameof the hood and resulted in the collapsing of said structure or frame. After being so collapsed the awning was then rolled up upon the roller support. On the lowering of the awning the canvas was unrolled the required distance and the collapsed frame was extended.

The principal object of my present invention is to provide an attachment where by the frame or support for the hood portion of the awning may be maintained in relatively rigid and extended position during the rolling up or'unrolling ofthe canvas whereby the hood may while extended be readily raised or lowered with respect to the bottom of the window so as to regulate the height of the awning to suit requirements of the weather and of the time of day the awning is in use;

In the carrying out of my invention there is provided on either side of the window casing at the top thereof a bracket forming a support for one end of the main roller and from each bracket is supported a vertically depending and downwardly extending rod arranged to receive a sleeve sliding up and down upon said rod. The sleeve carries the hood forming frame and ordinarily as the sleeves are raised upon the rods, the sleeves cause the hood forming frame to collapse. Upon each sleeve, however, there is secured Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 116, 1917.

a locking means whereby'the hood forming frame is prevented from collapsing as the sleeve is raised upon the'rods until thesleeve reaches a certain position upon the rods whereupon the locking means is released to permit the frame tocollapse.

The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming parthereof, in which, s Figure 1 is a perspective view of an awning embodying main features of my inven tion. Fig. 2, is a .vertical sectional view of the same showing the awning collapsed'and rolled up-the position of the parts when the awning is extended being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3, isa detail view enlarged of the bracket for supporting the main roller and the depending rod, and Fig.

4,.is a perspective view illustrating in detail the upper brackets forming supports for the ends of a roller 2. The construction and arrangement of brackets and roller are some what similar to those of shade rollers. At one end of roller 2 adjacent to a bracket 1 is secured a sheave 3 around which a cord 4 is wound or unwound in the revolution of the roller 2 in winding up or unwinding the canvas 5 constituting the covering for the awnmg. 1

From each bracket 1, depends a rod 6, the lowerend of which, forconvenience and by preference, is formed into an arm 7 adapted to-be screwed or otherwise fastened to the side of the window casing to thereby hold the rod .6 firmly'some distance from the win- Y dow casing. 1

The .ro'ds 6 .form means to permit the tubes or sleeves 8 to slide up and down. Each sleeve 8 carries at its top end-a bracket arm 9i'and the two bracket arms 9 are connected by a rigid cross bar 10 under which the can vas 5 is drawn to form the apex for the hood of the awning. Each sleeve 8 has at itsbase a collar 11 and to the two collars 11 the frame 12 constituting the base of the hood of the awning is pivotally secured, the pivotal connection being between a free end of the frame bar 12 and a collar 11.

Intermediate of the ends of each of the sleeves 8 is arranged a tubular slide 13 to which one end of a diagonalbrac'e rod 14 for the awning is pivotally secured, the other end of said diagonal brace 14 being pivotally secured to the frame 12 of the hoodof the awning. The canvas 5 after passing under the cross-bar 10 is secured to the outer member of frame 12 to thus form a hood 15 for the awning. From theforegoing description it will be understood that the frame for the hood 15 of the awning is constituted by the'side sleeves 8, sliding on the rods 6, the top bar 10 carried by the upper ends of the sleeves 8, the bottom frame 12 carried by the lower. ends of sleeves 8, and the diagonal braces 1a pivotally connected at one end to sleeves 8 and at the other end to the sides of the bottom frame 12, and it will also be understood from the description of the connections of these parts, that a movement upward of the sleeves 8 will cause the frame to collapse in the usual well known manner. To prevent this collapsing of the frame for the hood of the awning during the upward or downward movement of sleeves 8 and to thereby per mit the hood of the awning to be raised and lowered while in extended position is the prime object of my invention. I attain this desirable object by any means which serves to lock the movable slides 13 carrying the braces 1 to said sleeve since said braces 1-1 constitute, as is well known, the means for collapsing the hood 15. A preferred means for locking a slide 13 against movement on a sleeve 8 consists essentially of a collar 16 rigidly secured to the sleeve 8 and carrying a pivotal latch 17, one end of the latch fitting into a recess 18 formed in the body of slide 13. A means manually for releasing the latch from slide 13 is secured by forming on the latch a knob 19 and a means for automatically releasing the latch from slide 13 when sleeve 8 reaches the limit of its upward movement is secured by extending from the locking portion of latch 17 a rod 20 projecting upward through the upper bracket arm 9 of said sleeve andsome distance beyond said arm 9. It will be under stood that as the sleeve 8 reaches its limit of upward movement on supporting rod 6 (see Fig. 2) the projecting release rod20 will strike upon bracket 1, and will depress 'Gopies of this patent may the latch 17 to release the slide 13. When released the frame for the hood collapses during the further winding up of the awning on the roller 2.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is, 1. In an awning, a collapsible frame, forming the hood forming means, and a support whereon the frame is arranged to slide combined with means for locking the frame to prevent collapsing until the frame reaches a prescribed point in its upward travel.

2. In an awning, a collapsible frame forming the hood forming means, and two vertically disposed rods whereon said frame is arranged to slide, combined with means for locking the frame, against collapse of said frame, until the frame reaches a prescribed point in its upward travel.

3. In an awning, two vertically disposed rods, two sets of sleeves arranged to slide upon said rods, a hood forming frame pivotally suspended from said sleeves, a pair of diagonal braces constituting the collapsing means for said frame and a slide for one end of each brace, said slides arranged to slide on the sleeves intermediate of their ends, combined with means for'locking the slides to their respective sleeves to prevent movement of said slides independently of the sleeves.

4L. In an awning, two vertically disposed rods, two sets of sleeves arranged to slide upon said rods, a hood forming frame pivotally suspended from said sleeves, a pair of diagonal braces constituting the collapsing means for said frame and a slide for one end of each brace, said slides arranged to slide on the sleeves intermediate of their ends, combined with means for locking the slides to their respective sleeves to prevent movement of said slides independently of the sleeves and a means for automatically releasing said locking means when said sleeves are elevated to their highest position in said rods.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CHARLES L. room).

he obtained forfive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G. i 

